Franz Gall

Franz Gall (2 September 1884-27 December 1944) was a Major-General of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War I and World War II.

Biography
Franz Gall was born on 2 September 1884 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, in the German Empire (present-day Germany). Gall enlisted in the Reichswehr in 1908 and gained the Iron Cross during World War I. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General during World War II, in which he took part in Operation Barbarossa, the Siege of Leningrad, and the campaign in Italy. Gall commanded the island of Elba on 19 June 1944, but the Free French liberated the island and Gall headed to the mainland to command German forces there. Gall was killed in action at Mestre, Italy on 27 December 1944.